[geeks] Cheap Dell Servers
Sridhar Ayengar
ploopster at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 14:42:18 CST 2008
der Mouse wrote:
>>> One thing I'm still trying to work out is how to set the disklabel
>>> drive parameters for a RAID. What is the RPM of a RAID?
>> for a simple stripe it should be easy. rpm is rpm of individual
>> disks;
>
> What if they're different? Say, one component on a 5400rpm spindle and
> one on a 7200rpm spindle?
I will be using identical drives. I'm buying them in lots.
>> but if your software and your drives support tagged command queueing
>> it's probably all moot.
>
> Yeah, worrying about RPM makes about as much sense as worrying about
> c/h/s geometry does - "none", unless you're using fairly old disks.
I thought FFS relies on the disklabel parameters for avoiding fragmentation?
Peace... Sridhar
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